Mestis

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This article is about men's second-tier ice hockey league in Finland. For women's second-tier ice hockey league in Finland, see Naisten Mestis.

Mestis
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2021–22 Mestis season
Mestis logo.svg
FormerlyI-Divisioona
SportIce hockey
Founded2000
MottoSuomen viihdyttävintä lätkää (Finland’s most entertaining hockey)
No. of teams14
Countries Finland
Most recent
champion(s)		Ketterä
Most titlesJukurit (7)
TV partner(s)Fanseat
Elisa
Nelonen Media
VeikkausTV
Promotion toLiiga
Relegation toSuomi-sarja
Related
competitions		Liiga, Suomi-sarja
Official websitemestis.fi

Mestis (from Finnish: Mestaruussarja, meaning 'Championship series') is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona ('First Division'). It had initially been the highest hockey league in Finland that could be reached through playing merits alone; the SM-liiga was closed (to teams being relegated or promoted) in 2000. After the 2004–05 season, KalPa was promoted to the SM-liiga, and the Liiga was re-opened in the 2008–09 season.[1] Vaasan Sport was promoted in 2014–15,[2] KooKoo was promoted in 2015–16,[3] and Jukurit was promoted in 2016–17.[4] Mestis, however, is an open league, with promotion and relegation between it and Suomi-sarja. However there will be no relegation during the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Clubs[]

Mestis team map
Team City Home arena, capacity Founded Head coach
KOOVEE Tampere.vaakuna.svg Tampere Hakametsä 2 arena, 800 1929 Finland Juha Pajuoja
Hermes Kokkola.vaakuna.svg Kokkola Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 1953 Finland
Hokki Kajaani.vaakuna.svg Kajaani Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 1968 Finland
IPK Iisalmi.vaakuna.svg Iisalmi , - 1966 Finland
JoKP Joensuu.vaakuna.svg Joensuu Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 1953 Finland
Ketterä Imatra.vaakuna.svg Imatra , 1,300 1957 Finland
Kiekko-Vantaa Vantaa.vaakuna.svg Vantaa , 3,700 1994 Finland Simo Mälkiä
Kiekko-Espoo Espoo.vaakuna.svg Espoo Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982 2018 Finland Kim Hirschovits
KeuPa HT Keuruu.vaakuna.svg Keuruu , 1,100 1995 Finland
FPS Forssan vaakuna.svg Forssa Forssa Ice Hall, 3,000 1931 Finland
Peliitat Heinola.vaakuna.svg Heinola Versowood Areena, 2,975 1984 Finland Marko Tuomainen
RoKi Rovaniemi.vaakuna.svg Rovaniemi Lappi Areena, 3,500 1979 Finland
SaPKo Savonlinna.vaakuna.svg Savonlinna Talvisalo ice rink, 2,833 1929 Finland
TUTO Hockey Turku.vaakuna.svg Turku , 3,000 1929 Finland Miika Elomo

Winners[]

Year Champion Silver Bronze Regular Season
Winner
2001 Jukurit TuTo Hermes TuTo
2002 Jukurit KooKoo KalPa Jukurit
2003 Jukurit K-Vantaa KooKoo Jukurit
2004 KalPa Jukurit Hermes Jukurit
2005 KalPa Sport TuTo KalPa
2006 Jukurit Sport TuTo Jukurit
2007 Hokki Jukurit Sport Sport
2008 TuTo Hokki Jukurit TuTo
2009 Sport Jokipojat Hokki Jokipojat
2010 Jokipojat D-Team KooKoo KooKoo
2011 Sport Jukurit D-Team Jukurit
2012 Sport Jokipojat KooKoo Jukurit
2013 Jukurit KooKoo TUTO Hockey Jukurit
2014 KooKoo Jukurit TUTO Hockey TUTO Hockey
2015 Jukurit KooKoo Hokki Jukurit
2016 Jukurit Hokki Jokipojat Jukurit
2017 SaPKo K-Vantaa Espoo-United SaPKo
2018 KeuPa HT TUTO Hockey SaPKo KeuPa HT
2019 Ketterä KeuPa HT TUTO Hockey Hermes
2020 Season did not finish due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No medals were awarded. Ketterä
2021 Ketterä Hermes IPK Kiekko-Espoo

Medaltable:

team Gold Silver Bronze
Jukurit 7 4 1
Sport 3 2 1
KalPa 2 0 1
Ketterä 2 0 0
KooKoo 1 3 3
TUTO Hockey 1 2 5
Hokki 1 2 2
Jokipojat 1 2 1
KeuPa HT 1 1 0
SaPKo 1 0 1
K-Vantaa 0 2 0
Hermes 0 1 2
JYP-Akatemia 0 1 1
Espoo United 0 0 1
IPK 0 0 1

Past participants[]

  • , relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2003.
  • , relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2004.
  • KalPa, promoted to the SM-liiga in 2005.
  • Haukat, resigned in 2006.
  • FPS and KOOVEE, relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2007.
  • HC Salamat relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2008.
  • Kotkan Titaanit relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2009.
  • Kiekko-Laser went bankrupt in 2011.
  • Vaasan Sport, promoted to the Liiga in 2014.
  • HC Keski-Uusimaa was abandoned serial place in 2014.
  • KooKoo, promoted to the Liiga in 2015.
  • Jukurit, promoted to the Liiga in 2016.
  • JYP-Akatemia, relegated to the Suomi-sarja and folded in 2017.
  • Hokki, went bankrupt in 2017.
  • Espoo United, went bankrupt in 2018.

Mestis timeline[]

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
K-Vantaa
TuTo TUTO Hockey
Jukurit
KooKoo
Sport
FPS
Hermes
Diskos D Team JYP-Akatemia
Jokipojat JoKP
KalPa
Hokki Hokki
HeKi Peliitat
SaPKo
KOOVEE
Titaanit
RoKi
K-Laser
HCK
KeuPa HT
IPK
Espoo United
Ketterä
K-Espoo

References[]

  1. ^ Hietanen, Heikki, ed. (8 March 2008). "SM-liigalle ja Jääkiekkoliitolle uusi yhteistyösopimus" (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ^ Hakola, Tero; Sippola, Jussi (28 February 2014). "Vaasan Sport korvaa Jokerit Liigassa" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. ^ Seppänen, Antti (1 October 2014). "KooKoo Hockey Oy:n lisenssianomus Liigaan hyväksytty" (in Finnish). Liiga. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  4. ^ Pärnänen, Antti (10 September 2015). "Mikkelin Jukurit nousee Liigaan!" (in Finnish). Liiga. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

External links[]

  • Mestis Official website (in Finnish)
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